| Jeongjong Korean: 정종 Korean: 靖宗 | |
| Succession: | King of Goryeo |
| Reign: | 1034–1046 |
| Coronation: | 1034 Junggwang Hall, Gaegyeong, Goryeo |
| Predecessor: | Deokjong of Goryeo |
| Successor: | Munjong of Goryeo |
| Spouse: | Queen Yongmok |
| Spouse-Type: | Queen Consort |
| Spouses: | Princess Yeonchang |
| Spouses-Type: | Consort |
| Issue: |
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| House: | Wang |
| Dynasty: | Goryeo |
| Father: | Hyeonjong of Goryeo |
| Mother: | Queen Wonseong |
| Birth Name: | Wang Hyŏng |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1018 |
| Birth Place: | Yeongyeong Palace, Gaegyeong, Goryeo |
| Death Date: | 24 June 1046 (aged 27) |
| Death Place: | Beopun Temple, Gaegyeong, Goryeo |
| Place Of Burial: | Jureung |
| Posthumous Name: | Great King Honghyo Anui Gangheon Yeongnyeol Mungyeong Yonghye 홍효안의강헌영렬문경용혜대왕 (弘孝安毅康獻英烈文敬容惠大王) |
| Temple Name: | Jeongjong |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul: | 정종 |
| Hanja: | 靖宗 |
| Rr: | Jeongjong |
| Mr: | Chŏngjong |
| Hangulph: | 용혜 |
| Rrph: | Yonghye Daewang |
| Mrph: | Yonghye Taewang |
| Hangulborn: | 왕형 |
| Hanjaborn: | 王亨 |
| Rrborn: | Wang Hyeong |
| Mrborn: | Wang Hyŏng |
| Hangulja: | 신조 |
| Hanjaja: | 申照 |
| Rrja: | Sinjo |
| Mrja: | Sinjo |
Jeongjong (31 August 1018 – 24 June 1046), personal name Wang Hyŏng, was the 10th king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. He was the second son of King Hyeonjong, and the younger brother of King Deokjong. At the age of four in 1022, he was made Naesaryeong, a position of high rank, and designated the Prince of Pyongyang.
Jeongjong was greatly concerned with national defense, and began constructing fortresses along the northern border in the first year of his reign. In 1037, Goryeo was invaded by the Liao dynasty. In 1044, the Cheolli Jangseong was completed, an enormous wall across northern Korea.[1] [2] Jeongjong also concerned himself with the material support of the army, distributing state land to indigent soldiers in 1036.
Just before his death in 1046, Jeongjong established primogeniture as national law.